Tuesday, November 05, 2013

“research shows that the ligament, which was given the name anterolateral ligament (ALL), is present in 97 per cent of all human knees. Subsequent research shows that pivot shift, the giving way of the knee in patients with an ACL tear, is caused by an injury in the ALL ligament.”

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Can someone give me the idiot's guide to how we can just now be checking for the existence of this ligament that was apparently postulated to exist in 1879? Especially in light of the advances in athletic surgeries in the last 40-odd years.

Can someone give me the idiot's guide to how we can just now be checking for the existence of this ligament that was apparently postulated to exist in 1879? Especially in light of the advances in athletic surgeries in the last 40-odd years.

Next time I sit around for long periods of time doing nothing, I'll actually be searching for something that was postulated 134 years ago.

Still wondering about this! I just don't have the capability to judge whether the article is real.

Science Daily is the go-to place for basic science reporting. It's generally solid and focused on straight reporting of new studies. It rarely goes on the flights of fancy you'll find in something like New Scientist. The work was reported in the Journal of Anatomy, a mainstream anatomy journal put out by a major publisher. The University of Leuven is one of the top 5 or 10 universities in continental (i.e., non-UK) Europe.

The findings might turn out to be incorrect, but there aren't any of the obvious red flags that usually accompany kooks and frauds.